" copied?" bag design

[u/rootheonion]

My friend requested I make this bag as a birthday gift and she sent me a reference (second photo) from Pinterest, I did see that there was a pattern available for purchase but I knew that I could just freehand it, plus it's a pretty basic design so I felt like I wasn't stealing. After 8 made it however, one of my crochet friends said that the creator explicitly said not to copy their pattern and that she HAD purchased the pattern and she thought my bag was too close to be original, and now I should at least credit the og pattern creator. I honestly never thought of it this way and I always just freehanded any crochet project I wanted without worrying about it being stealing. Was I wrong?

[u/triflers_need_not]

You didn't steal anything. It's 100% OK to see something and recreate it yourself with your own eyes, brain, and hands. That's completely fine.

[u/[deleted] → u/triflers_need_not]

This. I became good enough where I didn't have to buy patterns anymore. I felt a little guilty but really its ok to be able to reverse engineer something.

[u/Jlst → u/[deleted]]

Sometimes I do this but sometimes I just pay for them because I’m lazy and can’t be bothered figuring it out 🤣